Hinge.



P'ATENTBD OCT. 8, 1907. G. G. WITT. HINGE.

APPLICATION FILED 001229. 19.06.

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AWE/W01?` Attorney l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HINGE Speeiieation of Letters Patent.

Patented oct. s, 1907.

Application tiled October 29, 1906. Serial No. 341,113.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE C. WITT, a resident of Cincinnati, in thecounty of Hamilton and State oi Ohio, have invented certain new anduseiul Improvements in Hinges; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a iull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

My invention relates to improvements in hinges, and more particularly4to hinges for reproo receptacles, which prevent the raising el 'thehinged cover to or beyond the center oi gravity, and hence compel thecover to close by gravity when released.

With this object in view, the invention consists in certain novelfeatures oi construction and combinations and arrangements of parts aswill be more iully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

ln the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in longitudinal sectionillustrating my improvements as applied to a fire-proof receptacle; Fig.2 is a top plan view; Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are enlarged detail views oi thehinge. v

1 represents the can body or receptacle, which is prei'erably, althoughnot necessarily, made oi corrugated l`orm and having feet supporting thecan body\ above the l'ioor.

2 represents the can cover, which is provided with a depending lange 3to engage over the upper ring end ol the body l and tightly close thebody. The flange 3 is cut away so as not to interfere with the metalstrap 4 secured to the body ring, The ends of the strap 4 are bentoutward iorming arms 5 constituting members of my improved hinge. Arms 6are formed at the ends of straps 7 secured to the flange 3 of cover 2,and these arms 6 lie beside arms 5 and constitute other members ol thehinge, said arms 5 and 6 being pivotally'con- .nected by bolts'or rivets8, located in alined openings in the arms.

Between both pairs oi arms or hinge members 5 and 6, my improved stops 9are located, and may be made of sheet metal as shown, or of thincastings or wire, and I do not restrict myself in this particular.

When made of sheet metal7 the stops are in the iorm oi tri-angularplates having openings to receive the bolts or rivets 8, and provided attheir upper and lower edges with oppositely turned flanges or shoulders10, the upper iianges 10 projecting over the arms or hinge members 6 andthe lower iianges 10 lying below the arms or hinge members 5. It willthus be seen, that in raising the can cover 2, the stops 9 will permitsuch movement only until the arms 6 engaging the upper ianges 10 movethe stops until the lower anges 10 engage arms 5, and as the cover willbe stopped before reaching a vertical position, it must fall by gravityto a closed position, when released.

A great many slight changes might be made in the general form andarrangement of the parts described without departing from my inventionand hence I do not restrict myself 'to the precise details set forth butconsider myself at liberty to make such slight changes and alterationsas fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters-Patent is l. The combination with hinge memberspivotally secured together, of a stop between the hinge memberscomprising a triangular plate having oppositely projecting lateralflanges at its upper and lower edges to limit the movement o1 the hingemembers.

2. The combination with a receptacle and a cover there-K for, ofoutwardly projecting arms on the body, outwardly projecting arms on thecover, bolts or rivets pivotally connecting said arms, stops between thearms comprising tri-angular plates having openings to receive the boltsor rivets and oppositely projectinglateral flanges at the upper andlower edges ot' the plates.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presenceoftwo subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE C. \VIT'T.

Witnesses MILLIE A. FnUEHn, Bnit'rrm ZWIKER.

